HD_203857

HD 203857

HD 203857

Double star in the constellation Cygnus

HD 203857 is a double star in the constellation Cygnus. It is near the lower limit of visibility to the naked eye, having a combined apparent visual magnitude of 6.46.[2] The distance to the primary component is approsimatly 1,230 light years based on parallax, and it has an absolute magnitude of −0.75.[2] The star is drifting closer to the Sun with a radial velocity of −6.3 km/s.[1] It has a stellar classification of K5[3] and is known to be evolved. The star likely hosts an extrasolar planet, though yet unconfirmed.

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HD 203857 is listed in the Washington Double Star Catalogue as having five visual companions. It is separated by six arc-minutes from HD 203784, an F-type subgiant, though it is likely they are actually not gravitationally–bound.[4] HD 203784 is thought to be closer to us and less luminous than HD 203857.[6] There are also fainter stars at 23″ and 178″. HD 203784 has a 13th-magnitude star and a 14th-magnitude star within 20″.[7]

Substellar companion

Okayama Planet Search team has published a paper in late 2008 reporting investigations on radial velocity variations observed for a set of evolved stars, announcing possible detection of a substellar companion orbiting the giant star HD 203857.[4] Orbital period is estimated 2.3 years, but planet has still to be confirmed.

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References

  1. [1]
    Brown, A. G. A.; et al. (Gaia collaboration) (August 2018). "Gaia Data Release 2: Summary of the contents and survey properties". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 616. A1. arXiv:1804.09365. Bibcode:2018A&A...616A...1G. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201833051. Gaia DR2 record for this source at VizieR.
  2. [2]
    Anderson, E.; Francis, Ch. (2012), "XHIP: An extended hipparcos compilation", Astronomy Letters, 38 (5): 331, arXiv:1108.4971, Bibcode:2012AstL...38..331A, doi:10.1134/S1063773712050015, S2CID 119257644.
  3. [3]
    Hoffleit, Dorrit; Jaschek, Carlos (1991), The Bright star catalogue (5th Revised ed.), New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Observatory, Bibcode:1991bsc..book.....H.
  4. [4]
    Toyota, Eri; et al. (February 2009), "Radial Velocity Search for Extrasolar Planets in Visual Binary Systems", Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan, 61 (1): 19–28, Bibcode:2009PASJ...61...19T, doi:10.1093/pasj/61.1.19, hdl:20.500.14094/90001422.
  5. [5]
    "HD 203857". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2020-03-09.
  6. [6]
    Brown, A. G. A.; et al. (Gaia collaboration) (August 2018). "Gaia Data Release 2: Summary of the contents and survey properties". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 616. A1. arXiv:1804.09365. Bibcode:2018A&A...616A...1G. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201833051. Gaia DR2 record for this source at VizieR.
  7. [7]
    Finzi, A.; Wolf, R. A. (1967), "Type I Supernovae", The Astrophysical Journal, 150: 115, Bibcode:1967ApJ...150..115F, doi:10.1086/149317.
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